Benjamin Lian

Older party chiefs such as MIC's S Samy Vellu and Gerakan's Lim Keng Yaik should make way for younger members to join the new cabinet as these new faces can contribute fresh ideas.

Some 40-odd supporters hold a brief protest outside the Election Commission's office in Kuala Lumpur to denounce the outcome of the 11th general election.

Rumours of 'phantom' voters leaving Kuala Terengganu last night sparked a commotion - if only the PAS supporters had known they were on the trail of National Service trainees.

Will the opposition DAP will lose their grip on Melaka come Sunday? Ground sentiments seem to be against the party but all is not what it seems to be.

Nomination day was scrutinised not just by political parties and the electorate, but by a watchdog group seeking the conduct of free and fair elections.

The Abolish ISA Movement (AIM) claims that an ISA detainee was told that those on the hunger strike will not be sent to hospital if their condition deteriorates. Why? Because of the general election period.

Opposition party Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) lodged a police report this afternoon alleging that election posters it put up around its Subang Jaya operations centre had been torn down and that outsiders were heckling party workers at the centre.

Sexist remarks made by the BN candidate then may have helped DAP's Teresa Kok win the Seputeh parliamentary seat in the 1999 polls. However, sexist remarks or not, she is taking nothing for granted this year and is counting on her track record to help woo voters.

Petaling Jaya Utara BN's incumbent Chew Mei Fun contests the seat again facing DAP's Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew who is facing her for the second time. At Petaling Jaya Selatan, Keadilan's Sivarasa takes on Donald Lim Siang Chai of BN.

Suaram hands over a memorandum it endorses with 22 other NGOs to election candidates listing their demands and expectations.

Barisan Nasional component parties and Keadilan release their respective list of candidates for the parliamentary and state seats.

A booklet published by the citizens group underscores the problems faced by the community and calls for the MIC president to step down.

Damansara new village residents say they will only entertain the candidate who supports the re-opening of the Chinese primary school.

MCA ends speculation about the political career of key personalities, saying that none of the caretaker ministers will be dropped from its list. Other details are only expected tomorrow.

Both the ruling coalition and the opposition rely on their respective surveys to claim that they will win big in this general election.

The news organisation comes under attack from a hacker this morning, causing the site to become temporarily inaccessible.

Three years after the Kampung Medan tragedy, seven victims are suing the police and the government for their negligence in stopping the racial violence.

The first NGO and police royal commission meeting started off on a bad footing when five activists were barred from entering the meeting room. Tempers flared when commission chair Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah told one individual to "shut up".

A Keadilan candidate has his fingers crossed that he will get a chance to take on Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam in tbe Bukit Baru state seat - where the DAP hopes to contest as well.

The opposition party says it will contest in two of the three new state seats in Melaka but will avoid Tanjung Bidara as it lacks support there.

Sixteen ISA detainees threaten to go on hunger strike from Monday in protest against the extension of their detention. They say they will refuse food and water, even those provided by their families.

The Malaysia Airline System Employees Union had controversially invested RM1 million in a 'non-existent' company and wants its money back. But so far it has only received RM200,000.